Against the background of the aggravation of the situation around Ukraine, Washington is going to withdraw its observers from the mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from the territory of the country. This was announced on Friday, February 11, by CNN, citing sources.
In addition, according to him, the US administration is currently considering the possibility of further reducing the staff of the US embassy in Kiev “on the basis of the data that Russia may attack Ukraine before the end of the Olympic Games next week.”
Earlier in the day, Biden warned Americans in Ukraine of the danger and urged them to leave the country. He also stressed the reluctance to send troops to rescue US citizens fleeing Ukraine. The State Department made a similar statement.
At the end of January, the US Embassy in Kiev recommended that its citizens leave the territory of Ukraine. As emphasized in the diplomatic mission, such a need is due to the “unpredictable situation” in the security sphere. Shortly before this, the States initiated the voluntary departure of part of the American diplomatic staff and members of the families of diplomats from the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, the State Department recommended that US citizens not travel to the Russian Federation due to “continued tensions” on the Russian-Ukrainian border.
In the United States and EU countries, they have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in Russia’s “aggressive actions” against Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone. As the Russian side emphasized, such accusations are used as a pretext to deploy as much NATO military equipment as possible near the borders of the Russian Federation.
On January 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia was not going to start a war with Ukraine, and Western countries and the United States were “hysterically” developing the topic of a threat to Ukraine from the Russian Federation instead of forcing Ukraine to comply with the Minsk agreements.
Source: IZ
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